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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome Mr. Staunton. He made some very valid points on the diaspora. We seem to aim at the well-off and well-to-do and seem to have a policy of extracting as much as we can out of them and other than St. Patrick's Day, that is about it. I would like Mr. Staunton's view on extending the vote, on which he touched. The Constitutional Convention seemed to pose a radical proposal to extend...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Housing (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. My issue relates to housing estates built by the council, particularly Ardbhearna estate in Kenmare, which was built outside the town yet does not have adequate footpaths or lighting from the estate to the town. At this time of year at night or in the evening when secondary school children are returning from school there is no footpath or public...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Housing (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. I will follow this up with the Minister because there are more than 50 children in the estate and there are no public lighting or footpaths. It is on the main Ring of Kerry Road from Kenmare to Killarney and it beggars belief that a footpath does not extend from a public housing estate into a town. Child safety is probably the most important issue when...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: The Senator should keep looking after NAMA.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: The Senator for NAMA speaks.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I would ask the Deputy Leader to clarify to the House the position on the human tissue Bill. She might recall that during the summer we sat for a day to debate the issue of organ donation and in the course of that debate, a number of statements were made including the following - by the acting Minister of Health, because, apparently, the Minister was on holidays - that the heads of the human...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Retail Sector Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for coming in to take this matter on the Adjournment. The issue relates to retailers with sizeable buying power and their ability to compete unfairly against small individual retailers. This issue was highlighted over Christmas in the case of below-cost selling of vegetables and fruits by some retailers. Some retailers in my town point out...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Retail Sector Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: The Minister can give me the abridged version as it is late.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Retail Sector Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for not reading his entire speech. The abridged version was more welcome and is appreciated. I welcome the fact regulations are being introduced in regard to suppliers and protecting them. My concern is that small retailers just cannot compete. When a supermarket can sell a litre of coca cola at a price at which the local retailer cannot buy it, this is a problem. It...

Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: We are all aware of the importance of seeking to lead on these issues as opposed to follow. In a survey conducted by AA Ireland in 2011, some 74.6% of respondents were in complete agreement with the idea of a ban on smoking in cars where there is a child passenger, with a further 10.5% offering a slightly less emphatic endorsement. We can be confident that the public is with us on this...

Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister back to the House. My Seanad colleagues have outlined the time-line on this issue but this is a more fundamental criticism of the system that has allowed it to continue for so long. In other areas where I am dealing with Departments I am told by officials that unless the Minister tells them to do it, it does not happen. We call ourselves legislators but because the...

Seanad: NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2013: First Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide that, in the interests of transparency, all relevant details of loans, properties, or other assets offered for sale by or with the approval of NAMA or the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation be available to the public by means of publication on a website.

Seanad: NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2013: First Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: Tomorrow, 20 December 2013.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: The Senator was not here for yesterday's vote.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: The Senator will have an opportunity on the NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: Senator Higgins will be delighted to hear that the NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill is on the Order Paper. In that context, I request that - by leave of the House - No. 17 be taken before No. 1. I would welcome a debate on NAMA and perhaps the House could take the Bill to which I refer tomorrow, the Second Stage debate relating to which was taken last year.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: I wish to propose that No. 17 be taken before No. 1 in order to allow for publication of the NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill. I am sure Senator Higgins and others who are seeking transparency in NAMA will support the Bill, which allows for all the properties being sold by or on behalf of the agency to be listed on a website. In the past notifications have been...

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: I said that.

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Mark Daly: It is in every Department. It did not change with the change in Government; it is still there. There is always a reason to change a Bill, which is why we have Committee Stage. Certain Bills introduced this week will be amended on Committee Stage because no Bill on inception is perfect. I am aware of Bills that were written by professional draftspeople, who have worked for all parties, and...